Three officials arrested for accepting bribe

Resident Deputy Collector and a Nayab Tehsildar at Ahmednagar in north Maharashtra were arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of over Rs one lakh.

mumbaiUpdated: Nov 01, 2010 02:24 IST

PTI

Resident Deputy Collector and a Nayab Tehsildar at Ahmednagar in north Maharashtra were arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of over Rs one lakh.

Vikas Pansare and tehsildar Jeevan Kshirsgar were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths on Saturday for allegedly accepting Rs 1.12 lakh from Secretary of Firecrackers’ Association. The duo has been remanded in police custody till November 2.

In another case, General Secretary of Ajinkyatara Shikshan Sanstha was also caught red-handed for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from the complainant.